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cuts made by their staff or contractors and these records are used by the Inspector to submit statistics <br />to the LUCC and OUCC to assist in tracking utility coordination trends state-wide. <br />In some situations, including but not limited to, placement of fill material in excess of 24 inches in <br />depth, trenches less than 15 inches in width, and use of controlled density fill (CDF), private <br />inspections, reporting, and testing of materials may be required by the Inspector. These inspections <br />must, at a minimum, meet the current minimum requirements adopted by the City for public works <br />projects. <br />1.D.2 Authority <br />The Inspector has the authority to order changes in construction technique or issue "stop work" <br />orders for un-permitted work and non-compliance with the permit conditions or Standard <br />Specifications, as referenced later herein, if hazardous or improper methods are used. The Inspector <br />is responsible for field review of the contractor's temporary traffic safety measures. These measures <br />shall be designed to maintain the flow of traffic, and to protect vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, and <br />workers during the length of the project. Inspections are scheduled to monitor compliance with the <br />established Standards. The contractor's work shall be reviewed for progress, proper location and <br />depth, width of pavement cut, temporary placement of excavated materials, adequately compacted <br />backfill, proper temporary patching and permanent surface restoration, and, when complete, the work <br />site cleaning and restoration to its original condition. <br />The Inspector has the authority to provide interpretation and, when necessary, specific enforcement <br />of the Eugene Code, APWA Standard Specifications as amended"by the City, Traffic Control <br />Standards*, and other related standards, policies and rules, including those contained herein. This <br />authority is applicable to all work conducted within the public way and for those people or agencies <br />undertaking such work. <br />* Traffic Control Standards include the latest editions of: Part VI of the Federal "Manual on Uniform <br />Traffic Control Devices" (MUTCD); the Oregon Department of Transportation's "Short Term <br />Traffic Control Handbook"; and the City of Eugene "Work Zone Traffic Control Standards <br />Supplement". <br />l.E UTILITY LOCATING <br />The Inspector is responsible for overall coordination of underground utility locating services <br />provided by the City. The Inspector regularly monitors locate requests placed through the Oregon <br />Utility Notification Center (OUNC) to the Maintenance Planning office. The Inspector periodically <br />reviews OUNC information (usually at the beginning, middle, and end of each day) for requests by <br />other agencies .for the location of City-owned underground facilities. This allows the Inspector to <br />coordinate locate service as appropriate and provides a mechanism. by which to monitor excavation <br />work proposed. within the public way. <br />Utility & R/W Permit Policy <br />Exhibit A - 4 r:\adminord\rules\OOrowrlexa.wpd(09/13/00) <br />